Career and College Readiness:


What do you want to with your life? In order to make good choices for yourself while in high school, you need to consider your desires for your future. Successful people match their personal abilities, values, and interests with the attributes of their chosen career. They have a personal mission for their life that they follow.

College Resources


Part I: Assessing your interests, skills and your work valuesPrint out the documents, fill out the form based on your results from the following interest survey
http://careerservices.rutgers.edu/OCAassessyourself.shtml

Turn in Monday 11/13/11: 20 points

Tuesday 11/14/11

Ohio Career Information System
username: Garfield
password: ohiocis03

Create your portfolio (online) 20 points
Complete the Know Yourself section, download the word document (not the PDF), edit your word doc online , save with your initials. Upload each document to your wikispace page. 80 points - If not uploaded to Wikispace you will not receive credit.
Career Wikispace page: Create a "new page" name it Yourname Portofolio (some of you already have created this page) This page must be linked to your wikispace page. 20 points



Monday 11/21/11

Review Rutgers Assessment as a class
Ohio Career Information System
Complete Introduction to the World of Work - turn in completed sheet. 20 pts
Complete Reseach My Options - turn in. 20 pts
CIS Components used in these activities: Assessment Link, Occupations, Programs of Study



Reseach one of the careers that interest you the most based on the actvities you have completed. Complete the document below on ONE of the career fields you are interested in.
Turn in a hardcopy prior to uploading to your wikispace.

As you research and prepare to select your career you may explore each of the three websites listed below. (75 points).

Career Info
ONET
http://www.bls.gov/oco/

Resume

Post your resume to your Portfolio page. 25 points. To receive credit your document MUST be uploaded correctly (named correct, linked to the correct page. If resume is a first attempt you must email me so we can proofread before uploading.

Part II: Design a website using platform of your choice: Dreamweaver, html, googlesites etc.. The site will be an informational site about the career you selected. Please see attached document for directions and rubric.